Who is Mary Trump: Former United States President Donald Trump is suing his niece Mary Trump and publication The New York Times over a story from 2018 concerning his tax history. The article, detailing his family's wealth practices, comprised data revealed by 56-year-old Trump and alleged his involvement in "dubious tax schemes."
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In her 2020 memoir Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man, Trump admitted she was the source for the NYT story by journalists Susanne Craig, David Barstow and Russell Buettner. Donald Trump in his lawsuit claims his niece breached a settlement agreement that disallowed her from making the confidential documents public.
NYT journalists and Trump are "engaged in an insidious plot" and the story came about as part of a "personal vendetta" against him, Donald Trump claims in his lawsuit filed in New York, as per the BBC. The 75-year-old is seeking $100 million in damages.
Know Who Is Mary Trump: The Outspoken Former First Family Member
The daughter of pilot Fred Trump Jr, the late older brother of Donald Trump, Mary Trump is a psychologist, teacher and author. She holds a PhD in clinical psychology and has work experience in life coaching and as an academician. Trump identifies as a lesbian and has spoken openly about the homophobia in her family that prevented her from coming out of the closet for a long time.
She is a vocal and strong critic of her uncle Donald Trump and has challenged his presidency on several occasions, calling him "incapable" of leading the US.
NYT's 14,000 word expose about Donald Trump's tax documents won a Pulitzer for explanatory reporting. In Too Much and Never Enough published two years later, Trump explained she leaked the documents because she "had to take Donald down." She reportedly smuggled 19 boxes of information out of their deposit and served as a source for NYT journalists.
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Trump's tell-all memoir also elaborates her uncle's disturbing views of women. "Holy shit, Mary. You’re stacked," she claims Donald Trump once said to her, in reference to her breasts.
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